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President Barack Obama met Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper at the White House Wednesday, amid Canadian fears of US protectionism and Ottawa's fresh vow to pull troops out of Afghanistan by 2011. The Oval Office talks took place just a week before both leaders will be key players in efforts to adjust global strategies for beating recession at the G20 summit of world economic powerhouses and developing nations in Pittsburgh. Both men faced intense political pressure at home ahead of their encounter, a scenario which often leads to tension in the crucial multi-billion dollar trading relationship along the continent-wide US-Canada border. Harper said before ... Read Full Story

President Barack Obama says there is no "immediate decision pending" on sending more troops to Afghanistan. The U.S. and NATO commander, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, delivered a grim assessment of the war to Washington last month and is expected to follow up soon with a request for thousands of additional troops and more equipment. That would leave Obama to decide whether to expand a war polls say is rapidly losing public support. He already has roughly doubled the size of the American military force in Afghanistan, with only limited gains. Obama spoke briefly to reporters Wednesday after meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper in ... Read Full Story

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper hailed Afghanistan's landmark elections Thursday as "messy," but also a "remarkable" success for democracy. "The Afghan election, for all its warts... was remarkable," Harper told reporters. "We always know the democratic process, even in this country, can be messy from time to time. "When you look at a country that had virtually 30 years of civil war without any real history of democratic governance, what is taking place in Afghanistan, despite all its challenges, is remarkable." The Taliban had cast a pall over the elections -- which will also see 420 councillors chosen in 34 provinces across the country ... Read Full Story

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